Champagne Wednesdays

Earth day…like as opposed to Seceratary’s Day or Mother’s Day? I have to admit, I am not the biggest fan of  ”days.” Holidays are one thing but random days that hardly anybody knows about until it’s all over CNN as you sit there with your morning coffee feeling like crap because it’s not fair trade just seems a little easy. Especially [...]

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I love when people email me to say they’re going to try one of the many champagnes we’ve dutifully tested here (ha!).
Just before the long weekend, I received a note from Kristin of BonBon Rose telling me she was off to pick up a bottle of Wolf Blass for her and her hubby! I was so excited [...]

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One year and 200 posts later, I celebrate my blog’s anniversary with a return to antiquing. You might recall last March when I came home with this champagne bucket from Mission. That seven dollar bucket still brings me great joy. It’s funny how far small wins can take us. I am glad I stuck with blogging - otherwise [...]

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Perfect spot for blog strategizing with beer: Post Restaurant & Lounge, Seattle.
Patricia Gray, I am so glad you are from Vancouver. I am also glad you told me about these.  Spring picnics anyone?
And this snippet, from the poem Marginalia by Billy Collins and found on the blog Wide Open Spaces. It made laugh heartedly:
And if you have [...]

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I am one of those lucky women who can say they married well. Very well.  Look how he saved me from falling over this steep and unruly cliff. 
Ok, maybe he didn’t save my life, but he made my life. Even better.
Today’s proof: a smorgasaboard of muffins delivered to my office (in-person) from Fratelli Bakery - the [...]

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This morning Vitamin V (or is it D now?) sent me my regular morning hit of spend-more-money, get-more-beautiful, we-are-fabulous. Given that I usually open their e-shout-out about 7:00am, on my way out of the shower, with a ratty towel twisted impossibly on top of my head and various creams covering various areas of concern on [...]

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We made it to Spring!
Hi-5 mittens, $71 on Sale. www.katespade.com

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This gave me a good laugh today (via You are my Fave) in the way that true things are often the funniest.
True: Ash and I have made 2009 our year of NYCing.
Also true: Far trickier than making champagne-powered declarations is carrying out such resolutions without credit.
Yes, we’re on one of those miserable post-wedding cash diets. The kind of belt-tightening where you pretend [...]

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Things this girl likes today:
The song, The Girl, by City and Colour (especially how it ends and then starts again faster and more feverously, as if to say he really means it the second time).

The owner of Provide Home, who welcomed me into his fabulous store yesterday with pleasant conversation and a Nespresso cappuccino.  Across from Chambar and Cafe Medina on Beatty [...]

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No, it’s not the remnants of our leftover Christmas Tree. It’s fresh dill. Found (in the off season) in those handy little plastic boxes near the bagged lettuces (which I never buy, except for the romaine hearts because romaine is a wild creature in its raw form and the crunchy hearts are the best part [...]

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